SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE RIYADH-BASED GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) ABDULRAHMAN BIN HAMAD AL-ATIYYAH SAID HE DISCUSSED WITH THE YEMENI LEADERSHIP, LED BY PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALIH AND PRIME MINISTER ABDULQADER BAJAMMAL, WAYS OF FURTHER BOOSTING COOPERATION BETWEEN YEMEN ON ONE HAND AND THE GCC MEMBER STATES ON THE OTHER. SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO MARK THE END OF HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO YEMEN, AL-ATIYYAH SAID HE BRIEFED THE YEMENI PRESIDENT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE RIYADH GCC SUMMIT HELD IN DECEMBER 2006. THE GCC LEADERS HAVE LAUDED THE OUTCOME OF THE LONDON-BASED DONOR CONFERENCE FOR YEMEN DURING WHICH THE GCC COUNTRIES COMMITMENTS CONSTITUTED 73 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE DONORS' FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, AL-ATIYYAH SAID. HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE AGREED WITH THE YEMENI LEADERSHIP TO POSTPONE THE CONFERENCE ON EXPLORING INVESTMENTS OPPORTUNITIES IN YEMEN TO APRIL 8 -10, 2007 INSTEAD OF THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY TO GIVE MORE TIME FOR NEW PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE PART AND ROOM FOR MORE PREPARATIONS.
